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What Two Forgotten Smart Plugs Taught Me About the Future of Software

Building Pebble Home with AI coding agents, and wondering how personal software can become. Disclosure: This article was drafted with AI from my firsthand project experience and project records.

  • Two forgotten Oakter smart plugs taught author about software future
  • Investigation led to Pebble Home home automation platform
  • AI agents built Pebble Home around specific devices and habits

Label created is not a scan: the tracking state most systems collapse too early

If you surface carrier tracking to customers, there is one modelling decision that quietly produces a whole category of support tickets: treating the first row a carrier returns as if the carrier had…

  • Use three distinct fields: status, hascarrierscan, and firstscanat to improve tracking accuracy.
  • Calculate transit time using deliveredat - firstscanat for precise delivery estimates.
  • Consistent carrier phrasing avoids confusion and ensures accurate customer communication.

Praxis-1: A Developer's Checklist Before You Run an Open Robot Model on Your Hardware

Praxis-1: A Developer's Checklist Before You Run an Open Robot Model on Your Hardware Shivam Kumar | November 12, 2026 Runway released Praxis-1 on November 11, 2026 — a 27-billion-parameter world…

  • Choose appropriate checkpoint: base mid-trained, DROID fine-tuned, or bimanual YAM robot fine-tuned
  • Size GPU correctly: 80 GB for full bf16 weights, 68% smaller NVFP4 4-bit version
  • Estimate cost: $0.12 per 10-minute task

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